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Catalogue entry

FWN 3015-32a
Le Fils de l'artiste lisant
c.1887
Alternate title: The artist's son reading
Chappuis (865); Venturi (1309-12)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXII from the CP III sketchbook
6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1309-12, as "Page XXXII".
Chappuis 1966
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 70, ill. vol. 2, 1885-90.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 190, ill. dated c. 1894–96.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 865, ill., as The artist's son reading.
Record last updated February 10, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Fils de l'artiste lisant, c.1887 (FWN 3015-32a), p. XXXII from the CP III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2545 (accessed on April 25, 2024).